Allan Sekula

Biography

Allan Sekula is an American photographer, writer, critic and, more recently, a filmmaker. Born in Erie, Pennsylvania in 1951, died in Los Angeles in 2013.

Since the early 1970s his work has bridged the gap between conceptual art and documentary practices, focusing on economic and social themes ranging from family life, work and unemployment, to schooling and the military industrial complex.

While calling many of the conventions of documentary into question, he continues to see photography as a social practice, answerable to the world and its problems.